This experiment seeks to demonstrate the law of reflection - the angle of incidence is equal to the angle of reflection when measured from the normal. Equipment Single slit raybox with power supply Paper Ruler Protractor Sharp Pencil Plane mirror Support for mirror (e.g. wooden block with a groove in‚ or plasticine) Method Draw a line on the paper. Place the mirror on the line and support it so it does not move. Shine the beam from the raybox towards the mirror. Use the pencil
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to as “normalcy” or being “normal”‚ implying that it is ordinary‚ accepted‚ or typical. Who gets to decide what is accepted? We are all human and share the same needs but often made to feel ashamed for being true to ourselves. Society is constantly manipulating us to fit in this standard of “normal” without thinking of the personal repercussions. When it comes to humans‚ “normal” is an umbrella term that serves a different meaning for each person. One person’s “normal” could be another person’s
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Is being normal a good or bad thing? Some people want to fit in to be normal while others want to stand out. Normal is defined as conforming to a standard or usual idea. But each culture might have different opinions on what is normal and abnormal. In certain countries‚ eating domestic animals is considered a normal thing to do while other countries find it repulsive or immoral to do so. When someone violates a social norm or breaks a social rule‚ he or she seen as abnormal. Most of normal human behavior
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Activity 1 Which rat had the fastest baseline metabolic rate? Normal Rat Why did the metabolic rates differ? The hypophysectomized rat lacked thyroid-stimulating hormone. The thyroidectomized rat lacked thyroxine hormone. Activity 2 What was the effect of thyroxine on the normal rat’s metabolic rate? How does it compare to the normal rat’s baseline metabolic rate? Thyroxine caused the metabolic rate to increase; it was faster. Why was this effect seen? Because it stimulates heart rate‚
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albinism gene‚ and one out of four (1/4) of their offspring will be born with albinism. This genetic disorder can present in any newborns regardless to their gender or ethnic background‚ in despite of unusual skin/hair/eye color‚ albino people do have normal life span only with a slightly higher chance of skin cancer‚ which fortunately is curable; development delay is not expected with the condition‚ as many had pursued wide range of successful careers. Children born with albinism can be easily identified
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Merriam-Webster dictionary‚ recovery is: “the act or process of returning to a normal state after a period of difficulty”. One portion of this definition is fallacious‚ and thus recovery is currently is flawed. How can recovery mean “returning to normal”‚ when normality is subjective? Universally‚ there is no definite normal‚ since people independently decide their version of normal. Moreover‚ addiction becomes customary: the addict’s normal becomes using drugs‚ and the alcoholic views intoxication as acceptable
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CSS/559 Data Base Concepts II Data Dictionary and Normalization Guidelines The purpose of a data dictionary is to define the objects and data within an organization ’s database management system. This metadata does not contain any of the database ’s data‚ but only information about the structure‚ storage and use of the database ’s data. A data dictionary can be stored in files or documents‚ or can be stored within a database in the DBMS. For example‚ a database may contain an employee table
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EXERCISE 10: Acid-Base Balance Grading: True/False‚ Multiple-Choice‚ and Fill-in-the-blank type questions will be worth 1 point each whereas Short-answer type questions will be worth 2 points each. This lab will be worth a total of 45 points but will be converted to a percentage grade when registered in your “Gradebook”. |ACTIVITY 1: Hyperventilation |Answers | |A
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4. Describe the normal ranges for pH and PCO2 in the blood. | The normal range for pH is 7.35-7.45. while the normal range for PCO2 is 35-45 | 5. Describe what happened to the pH and the carbon dioxide in the blood with hyperventilation. | The pH increases with hyperventilation and the PCO2 decreases. | 6. Explain how returning to normal breathing after hyperventilation differed from hyperventilation without returning to normal breathing. | When returning to normal breathing‚ respiration
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distant acquaintances feel that their actions are unjust? I think there would be very few‚ if any‚ distant acquaintances that feel poorly about the killing of a person in their community. The “normal” of our lives is much different than the “normal” of the community in “The Lottery”. In “The Lottery”‚ the “normal” is the stoning of someone each year‚ so almost all of the community would not think anything of the killing. On the other hand‚ if a community in real life would do this‚ there would be an
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